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Igel

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22. Probably not.

Reply to ProgressiveEconomist (Reply #15)

Sat Jul 7, 2012, 07:46 PM

Jul 2012

It's a "Why haven't you released your birth certificate?" or "why haven't you released your transcripts?" kind of ad. The hope being that if he says "no" then, well, he must be guilty by innuendo; if he says "yes" then maybe the fishing expedition is worth it. Not issue, but character assassination. (Sorry, didn't like it with Obama 4 years ago; not going to change my principles because of my politics. My politics are based on my principles.)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/us/politics/retirement-deal-keeps-bain-money-flowing-to-romney.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all

"In what would be the final deal of his private equity career, he negotiated a retirement agreement with his former partners that has paid him a share of Bain’s profits ever since, bringing the Romney family millions of dollars in income each year and bolstering the fortune that has helped finance Mr. Romney’s political aspirations."

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